Re: dracut-ng

[Michael Tremer <michael.tremer@ipfire.org>]

Hello Adolf,

Yes, I would be happy for you to give this a try.

Since Harald Hoyer has left RedHat, it seems that dracut has effectively been abandoned and dracut-ng is the successor with pretty much the same people contributing to it.

I did not find any breaking changes in the change log (although it seems quite extensive), so we might have a very good chance to indeed ship it as a drop-in.

Let us know what you find out during testing it :)

Best,
-Michael

> On 2 Sep 2025, at 13:13, Adolf Belka <adolf.belka@ipfire.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> I was looking at packages that needed updating. I noticed that dracut was at version 056. The source for that had version 059 but that was from Dec 2022 and the last commit in that repo was Mar 2024.
> 
> There is a new repo providing dracut-ng. Their version 100 (Apr 2024) is said to be a drop-in replacement for the original dracut. They are now at version 108 and it is being actively maintained.
> 
> With it being said to be a drop-in replacement I thought dracut-ng looked a good candidate to test out but as dracut plays a critical role in the booting process I thought I would ask if anyone has any information to indicate that it is not worth trying it.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Adolf.
> 
>